Prof. Daniel Koenig lectures in series "Gegenwartsliterature und Zeitdiagnostik"
Prof. Daniel König, together with Prof. Claudia Gronemann (Mannheim University), will give a lecture under the title “Der Islam als Folie für Schreckensvisionen. Zur literarischen und...
View ArticleNew Book by Nicolas Schillinger
In 1894–1895, after suffering defeat against Japan in a war primarily fought over the control of Korea, the Qing government initiated fundamental military reforms and established “New Armies” modeled...
View ArticleWelcome of new GPTS scholarship holders
The candidates were selected from among more than 80 applications from over 40 countries, including South Korea, Italy, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Turkey, France, Russia, Pakistan, Sweden and Germany....
View ArticleWelcome of New MATS Students
48 candidates were selected out of more than 110 applications that were received from almost 40 countries. The two-day event started with a welcome address by scientific project manager Oliver Lamers,...
View ArticleFellowship for Cathrine Bublatzky and Franziska Koch
The Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme (Elite-Programm für Postdoktorandinnen und Postdoktoranden) is conceived to support early career scholars on their way to professorship. In a highly competitive...
View ArticleLecture Mittler and Wagner
Prof. Barbara Mittler, Acting Director at the Cluster "Asia and Europe", and former Co-Director of the Cluster, Prof. Rudolf Wagner, will give a lecture on "Vom Dissidenten zum Staatsschreiber? – Mo...
View ArticleShamanism in Central Asia
Dr. Davide Torri has been offered a research fellowship from the Käte Hamburger Kolleg (KHK) “Dynamics in the History of Religions between Asia and Europe”, hosted by the Ruhr University – Bochum, to...
View ArticleMEM Graduate Student Prize for Yusen Yu
Yusen Yu, PhD candidate in the Graduate Programme of Transcultural Studies (GPTS-6), was awarded the MEM Graduate Student Prize for his outstanding paper on Ilkhanid-Timurid. Middle East Medievalists...
View ArticleNew Issue of Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art
Dr. phil. Franziska Koch co-edited this latest, peer-reviewed issue of the “Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art” as a guest-editor. The volume features twelve articles on “‘Chineseness’ in contemporary...
View ArticleJulia Poerting at Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan
Julia Poerting, PhD student at the Cluster "Asia and Europe", gave a talk on “Organic, Natural, Local – Hybrid Practices, Lively Soils and Conscious Consumption of Organic Agriculture in Pakistan” at...
View ArticleDFG Research Funding for Joseph Maran
Around 1.200 BC all Mycenaean palatial centres of Greece perished in conflagrations. Until the 1960s, the general assumption was that because of these destructions, the former palatial centres were...
View ArticleAndrew Flachs receives grant by the VW Foundation
Dr. Andrew Flachs, member of Junior Research Group “Agrarian Alternatives” and Volkswagen postdoctoral fellow, was approved a grant of 9,400 euro by the Volkswagen Foundation. With this funding he will...
View ArticleJulia Poerting received a grant by DAAD
Julia Poerting, PhD student at the Cluster and member of the Junior Research Group C15 „Agrarian Alternatives“, received a funding support for the completion of her doctoral degree from the Graduate...
View ArticleArticle on Advertisement in Shanghai in the 1930s
The article “Modern Pill in a Modern City: Decoding an Aspirin calendar poster from 1930s Shanghai” is the outcome of the seminar "Transcultural Modernism(e): Jugendstil and Art Nouveau in Europe and...
View ArticleJour Fixe “Managing Transculturality”
The humanities outside the academic orbit are of particular interest and will be tackled by exploring the career opportunities of young researchers and M.A. Transcultural Studies students beyond the...
View ArticleFuess Negotiates Double Degree with Kyoto
Prof. Harald Fuess, who holds a bridge professorship with Kyoto University, negotiated an agreement for a Joint M.A. Degree Agreement in Transcultural Studies on behalf of Heidelberg University. This...
View ArticleMichael Falser Invited to Kyoto University
PD Dr. Michael Falser was invited to Kyoto University as a visiting professor and will be giving a lecture series on "Introduction to (Global) Art History" from February 6 to March 27, 2017. The...
View ArticleLecture by Frank Grüner
Dr. Frank Grüner, Research Fellow at the Cluster and Project Coordinator of MC 11.2 “Melancholy”, gave a lecture with Dr. Karoline Thaidigsmann at lecture hall 14 of the New University of Heidelberg on...
View ArticleEpilogue to HERA Single
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) published the comprehensive brochure "Kulturen im Dialog" on the second funding period of the HERA Joint Research Programme. The brochure...
View ArticleLecture by Barbara Mittler
On Febraury 2, Prof. Barbara Mittler, Acting Director at the Cluster "Asia and Europe", will give a speech about „The Future of Classical Music? Tiger Mothers, Wolf Fathers and Music Life in China and...
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